Lubrizol Announced a Temporary Surcharge

Lubrizol advised its customers on September 27, 2017 that starting October 6th through December 31, 2017, there will be a surcharge of $10/100Kg, or $0.36/Gallon, or $0.05/lb on all Lubrizol additives excluding liquid and solid Viscosity Improvers shipped from the United States, Brazil, Canada, Korea, Mexico, and Singapore.

According to what blenders have been told, the temporary surcharge is a result of the events surrounding Hurricane Harvey and the impact on the infrastructure of the petrochemical industry. Importantly, these include interruption in the supply of chemical intermediates used in the manufacturing of additives.